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With the Fire on High

by Elizabeth Acevedo

A young cook balancing family and ambition

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A young cook balancing family and ambition

Emoni Santiago’s choices are shaped by her responsibilities to her daughter and grandmother, while cooking gives her a place to express her talent. She dreams of becoming a chef after graduation but doubts that the goal is within reach. The novel brings those pressures together through Emoni’s relationship with food and the decisions she faces as she considers what she wants beyond her immediate obligations. Presented in prose, it connects coming-of-age questions with family responsibility, creative ambition, and the role cooking plays in Emoni’s life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age fiction.
  • Readers drawn to stories about family responsibilities and pursuing a creative ambition.
  • Readers interested in food and cooking as part of a character’s life.

Themes

Coming of ageFamily responsibilityCreative ambitionCooking and food

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Book overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Winner of the California Young Reader Medal!

Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions--doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela.

The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.

Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.

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